Opinions on removing /proc/tty?

From: Jon Smirl
Date: Fri Jul 07 2006 - 22:55:06 EST


Does anyone use the info in /proc/tty? The hard coded device names
aren't compatible with udev's ability to rename things.

There also doesn't appear to be any useful info in the drivers portion
that isn't already available in sysfs. I can add some code to make a
list of registered line disciplines appear in sysfs.

Does anyone have a problem with deleting /proc/tty if ldisc enum
support is added to sysfs?

[root@jonsmirl tty]# cat drivers
/dev/tty /dev/tty 5 0 system:/dev/tty
/dev/console /dev/console 5 1 system:console
/dev/ptmx /dev/ptmx 5 2 system
/dev/vc/0 /dev/vc/0 4 0 system:vtmaster
serial /dev/ttyS 4 64-67 serial
pty_slave /dev/pts 136 0-1048575 pty:slave
pty_master /dev/ptm 128 0-1048575 pty:master
unknown /dev/tty 4 1-63 console
[root@jonsmirl tty]#

[root@jonsmirl tty]# cat ldiscs
n_tty 0

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Jon Smirl
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